1-1 By: Whitmire, et al. S.B. No. 19 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 10, 1995; January 10, 1995, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 1-4 January 12, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 1-5 9, Nays 0; January 12, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to delay of the vehicle emissions inspection and 1-9 maintenance program. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 382.037, Health and Safety Code, is 1-12 amended by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows: 1-13 (o) Notwithstanding any state agency rule or resolution to 1-14 the contrary, the vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance 1-15 program provided for by this section may not begin operation until 1-16 the 91st day after the effective date of this subsection. This 1-17 subsection also applies to implementation of the program by the 1-18 Texas Department of Transportation under this section or under 1-19 Section 2, Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 1-20 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-2, Vernon's Texas Civil 1-21 Statutes), or Section 3, Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the 41st 1-22 Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-3, Vernon's 1-23 Texas Civil Statutes), or by the Public Safety Commission under 1-24 Section 142, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 1-25 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). 1-26 SECTION 2. The Texas Natural Resource Conservation 1-27 Commission, the Texas Department of Transportation, and the Public 1-28 Safety Commission shall immediately suspend the operation of any 1-29 vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program begun under 1-30 Section 382.037, Health and Safety Code, and implemented under that 1-31 section, under Section 2, Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the 1-32 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-2, 1-33 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or Section 3, Chapter 88, General 1-34 Laws, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 1-35 (Article 6675a-3, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or under Section 1-36 142, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d, 1-37 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), before the effective date of this 1-38 Act. 1-39 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-40 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-41 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-42 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-43 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-44 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-45 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-46 * * * * *